DoorDash VP of Marketing Kofi Amoo-Gottfried at the “Soul of the City” premiere. DoorDash On Monday at New York City’s swanky Standard hotel, about 100 people sat around picnic tables and munched on small bags of popcorn for the screening of a short film about restaurants in the city during the pandemic, including those that
Former Conservative MP and Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he has switched allegiances to join the Labour Party. Mr Bercow, who stepped down as Speaker in 2019, said he regards the Tories under Boris Johnson as “reactionary, populist, nationalistic and sometimes even xenophobic”. “I am motivated by support for equality, social justice and internationalism.
Pilots are calling for urgent action after claiming the government’s “ludicrously cautious” travel restrictions caused the UK’s aviation industry to be “the hardest hit in Europe”. The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has accused ministers of appearing to “deliberately attack” the sector with the measures they have imposed during the pandemic. The union is calling
The number of coronavirus deaths in Brazil has now surpassed half a million, the country’s health ministry has confirmed. The number has risen to 500,800 after an increase of a further 2,301 fatalities in the past 24 hours. Anti-government protests took place in cities across Brazil on Saturday as demonstrators blame the high number of
Luca is inspired by Enrico Casarosa’s own childhood living in the Italian Riviera and his experiences with his best friend (aside from the whole sea monster bit). Casarosa was much like Luca, more afraid and reserved, whilst his friend was daring and bold like Alberto. As the director shared with us, the ending of Luca
Six cyclists are in a critical condition after being hit by a truck in Arizona, with the driver chased down and shot by police. It happened at about 7.25am local time in the town of Show Low, northeast of Phoenix, during an organised bicycle race. Police said four people were in a critical condition and
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Michelle McNamara devoted her life to finding justice for the victims of the Golden State Killer, so it’s only fitting that filmmakers and HBO are presenting a final look at the case to hear the survivors get the last word on their tormentor. We had a chance to chat with director Elizabeth Wolff about filming
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed a daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, on June 4. Four days later, on June 8, Meghan released a children’s book, The Bench. The duchess was (understandably) a little busy during the past week, when the book reached the No. 1 spot on The New York Times bestseller list for
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been peering into the universe for more than 30 years, has been down for the past few days, NASA said Friday. The problem is a payload computer that stopped working last Sunday, the US space agency said. NASA continues to work to resolve an issue with the payload computer
In this article TWTR FOXA Twitter CEO and Co Founder, Jack Dorsey addresses students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), on November 12, 2018 in New Delhi, India. Amal KS | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Twitter’s been on a creator-focused tear. The company announced its first subscription service earlier this month, called Twitter
Sir Keir Starmer’s top spin doctor has quit after Labour suffered another poor by-election result in which the party lost its deposit. Ben Nunn announced he was stepping down as the opposition leader’s director of communications, after the party trailed in fourth behind the Green Party in the Chesham and Amersham poll. The departure of
One of the world’s biggest buyout firms is weighing a spectacular £5.5bn takeover bid for Wm Morrison, Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket chain by market share. Sky News has learnt that Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is in the early stages of evaluating an offer for the grocer, a move that would send fresh shockwaves through the
Hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi has taken a big lead in Iran’s presidential election and his rivals have conceded defeat, according to state TV. Mr Raisi has taken an unassailable lead in the election, winning 17.8 million votes, an interior ministry official said. His closest rival, Mohsen Rezaei, a senior conservative general, won just 3.3 million
John Paragon, famous for playing Jambi the Genie on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has died. The Riverside County Coroner tells TMZ John died back in April … but at this point, his cause of death is unclear. As Jambi the Genie, John’s face would appear in a jeweled box whenever Pee-wee Herman wished for something. JP was
Three people are dead and two are missing after a group of nine people, all believed to be from the same family, went missing after floating down a river on inflatable rings and dropping over the edge of a dam. Four of the group were rescued and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after